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American Pickers - Season 27 - Episode 03: The Road to Relics
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00:05Danny D, what's up?
00:07Danny!
00:07Hey, so I got a real good lead for you.
00:09Ready?
00:10What you got, girl?
00:11Okay, I'm going to send you guys to meet Chase and Roxanna.
00:14Sadly, Chase's father, Ron, passed away last year.
00:17Now, Ron worked in radio as a DJ and he had sales for 35 years.
00:23Wow.
00:23Dang.
00:24So the whole time he was traveling around, he had the collecting bug.
00:27Like, if he saw a barn, he would stop.
00:29Knock on the door and ask what they had.
00:31That sounds familiar.
00:32This man has amassed an enormous collection.
00:36Now, Chase has moved into his father's house and he's super enchanted by the collection,
00:41but he realizes there's just too much.
00:43He's got to get rid of some of it.
00:45So him and his mom, Roxanna, are out there right now.
00:47They're clearing stuff out, but, I mean, they need help.
00:50Send us a cord now.
00:51Sounds great.
00:52All right, sending it out to you right now.
00:53All right, honey.
00:55Bye.
00:55Bye.
01:09Hey, right here.
01:10Wow.
01:10Look at that shipping in there.
01:12Get a flyer jersey.
01:13All right, all right, all right.
01:14Looks cool.
01:16Woo!
01:17Hey, hey.
01:18How are you?
01:19Hi, I'm Mike.
01:19How are you?
01:20Nice to meet you.
01:21Nice to meet you.
01:22You guys talked to Danny on the phone?
01:24Hey, man.
01:24Good to meet you.
01:25Hi.
01:25Danny said your dad was in the radio business?
01:27Yes.
01:28He was a DJ back in the 60s.
01:29Really?
01:30Oh, cool.
01:31Oh, my gosh.
01:31And he started selling advertising in 1980.
01:34Ron spent his entire adult life in music.
01:37In his 20s, he was a disc jockey.
01:40He loved to work at the radio station.
01:42He had a great voice.
01:43Then he went from being a disc jockey to selling advertising for the radio station, and he was
01:49very, very good at it.
01:51So he's always been nostalgic?
01:52Yes.
01:53Yes, always.
01:54Very cool.
01:54What a life to be a DJ in the 1960s and 70s.
01:59It was that dashboard speaker era, when the first time you heard something was on the radio.
02:05DJs like Murray the K, Wolfman Jack, and Cousin Brucie were the maestros of music culture.
02:12Even the guys at smaller stations in cinder block buildings in the middle of nowhere still
02:18had massive influence.
02:20It was the time before corporate radio took over.
02:23DJs had the power to play what they wanted to play, which meant they were shaping the local
02:29music scene.
02:31Chase's father was one of those guys.
02:33So what do you guys got going on?
02:35We got a little bit of everything.
02:37We had to clean out the kitchen.
02:38You guys loading it or taking it out?
02:40Well, we had to move it out to start fixing up.
02:44Wow.
02:44There was so much stuff in the house, and it was Pat.
02:47A bachelor lived here.
02:48Okay.
02:48After we divorced in 96, he never remarried, so.
02:51So he just started collecting more and more?
02:53Oh, yeah.
02:53I think the beginning of his collecting was he grew up not having a lot, and there were
02:59things he really wanted.
03:01He loved radios.
03:02Ten toys, signs.
03:04He was a very eclectic collector.
03:07Check that out.
03:07Ah, cool.
03:09This is cool.
03:10It works.
03:11Oh, it works?
03:12Yeah.
03:12Yeah.
03:12No way.
03:13Yeah, it works.
03:14Oh.
03:15Papa Ron says, open the door with key and reach in.
03:18There is a wire you pull, and the gun will reload.
03:21Love you all.
03:22Aw.
03:23That is so cool.
03:24I didn't know it was there.
03:25Ron wrote notes all the time.
03:27He left notes everywhere.
03:28You can find them inside of some of the radios.
03:31He just liked to do that.
03:32That was just who he was.
03:34Jersey, they got another coin out.
03:36They got the horse here.
03:36Oh, yeah.
03:37Cool.
03:37Look at this thing.
03:38I can remember going to Kmart and riding one of these myself.
03:41Really?
03:41Oh, yeah.
03:42My mom would love it.
03:43You know, if she could entertain us for a buck.
03:44Yeah.
03:45This coin-op horse is from a period where there was a rodeo going on in front of every department
03:50store across America when you dropped a coin in this thing.
03:55Everybody that loved that experience, they want their kid to have it, and their grandkid
03:59to have it, and their great-grandkids to have it.
04:02All right, let's pull this out.
04:03Let's pull this out.
04:03You know, it's a ride-on game.
04:05Yeah.
04:05You want me to get the saddle?
04:06The Crusader.
04:06Oh, you do have the saddle?
04:08Yeah.
04:09Yeah.
04:09Let's see what shapes it in.
04:10The stuff that Chase wants to turn loose of, all is in this container.
04:15If there's anything in here from advertising to coin-op, old radios, primitives, his father
04:21had an incredible, very diverse eye.
04:24Jersey, look at this.
04:25There's an older radio right there.
04:26That's some good news.
04:27That's nice.
04:28Look at that.
04:29Look at that stand.
04:30I rarely see it with the stand like that.
04:32I mean, it's in beautiful condition.
04:34The radio is really cool.
04:35It's a cathedral radio because it looks like a cathedral.
04:38It's architectural.
04:39It's interesting.
04:41And it's on a nice stand, and they match.
04:44He refinished.
04:45He would buy things.
04:45Did he refinish this?
04:46He would buy things in really poor condition and bring them home and refinish them.
04:50Ron tinkered all the time.
04:51He loved to get inside the guts of radios.
04:55He would put it back together, and he was very proud of that.
04:58You want to sell that?
05:00I think, you know, and I think Chase would be absolutely fine with it going.
05:03I'm fine with it going.
05:04Retail, this is going to be like $300 in the shop.
05:07I'd be comfortable with it like $175.
05:09The best thing about this cathedral radio is its condition.
05:12A lot of these wood-cased radios need a lot of work.
05:15This is plug and play.
05:17$185.
05:18I'm not going to argue with that.
05:20All right.
05:21I love it.
05:22Look at that.
05:22They got a dial of smoke.
05:24I've never seen one of them.
05:26Oh, you haven't?
05:27Oh, yeah.
05:28This thing's 1940s, dude.
05:30Look at this thing.
05:30That's cool.
05:31This machine's from the late 1930s, early 40s.
05:34And what's so cool about this era is these early vending machines were designed to capture
05:39your attention.
05:40They were distinct.
05:41They were artistically beautiful.
05:43I mean, you look at the machine, and it just looks fun to operate.
05:47I've only bought one other one before.
05:49This one's actually in pretty good shape.
05:51It was a wall mount unit.
05:52You put the money in, and you turn this to what you want.
05:55The cigarettes would be in there.
05:57See, there's the key goes in here.
05:58The key's broken off, see?
06:00You can see there's a key in there that's busted off.
06:02Yeah.
06:02There's the saddle, Mike.
06:03What do you got?
06:04Let me see.
06:05That's what it's just worth.
06:06This one might be this one.
06:07Yeah, this one right here, I think.
06:08Yeah, it might be that small.
06:09I think that's it, because it doesn't have the horn.
06:11Yeah, let's see.
06:12Let me see.
06:13There we go.
06:14Yeah, it snaps right in there.
06:15Yeah?
06:15There we go.
06:16That's it.
06:17That's actually not too bad a shape, either.
06:19Yeah.
06:19I mean, somebody spray-painted the saddle on it.
06:21Does this work?
06:22Yeah.
06:23My kids are older.
06:24Oh, your kids have ridden this thing?
06:25Yeah.
06:26Very cool.
06:26It's been setting for a while, so.
06:28If it works, it's probably worth around $1,200.
06:32If retail is $1,200 working, then where I want to be is around $650.
06:37And if it doesn't work, I'd be around $5.
06:40Yeah.
06:41When's the last time it was fired up?
06:42A while ago.
06:43We can fire it up.
06:44Yeah, if you got a cord, we could check that.
06:46Well, let me ask you about this before you go.
06:48So this is called Dial of Smoke.
06:51In this condition, these are around $1,200.
06:53Yeah.
06:53I'd be interested in this for $800.
06:57Yeah.
06:57Yeah.
06:57Okay.
06:58Cool.
06:58All right.
06:59I appreciate it.
07:00I'm going to put this in my store in Nashville.
07:02We'll sell it to somebody that'll really, really enjoy it, too.
07:05Yeah.
07:05Listen, I understand what this stuff means to you because there's a huge connection.
07:09Yeah.
07:10Beyond the pieces.
07:11Yeah.
07:12Why he was interested in this stuff for so long and spent most of his life looking for it.
07:16Oh, yeah.
07:16Chase is a man of few words, but I can sense that it's very difficult for him to pick and
07:22choose which pieces to keep and which ones to sell because all of these things remind him
07:29of his father and the relationship they had together.
07:34All right.
07:34Fire it up.
07:39The motor's wanting to go.
07:41Yeah.
07:41Probably the belt's slipping.
07:47Jersey's like the little kid that just put a coin in this ride because he's knocking the
07:51crap out of it.
07:52I'm like, let's settle down here and try to, like, think about what could be wrong with
07:56this.
07:57Might even be greased up or something.
07:59I mean, it could be just a matter of spraying some WD-40.
08:01I'll grab a can of a spray lube and see if that helps.
08:03Yeah, try that.
08:04Yeah, let's try that for sure.
08:05Absolutely.
08:05All right.
08:06Put it shot down there, too.
08:08All right.
08:09We're going to let this lube soak in and hopefully break something loose.
08:14But in the meantime, there's a lot of stuff in this container.
08:18I'm finding sign after sign after sign, and there's clocks.
08:22There's so many different things in here that'll be easy to sell at our stores.
08:27All right.
08:27I found a bunch of signs and clocks and stuff.
08:30This has been cut off.
08:32See the end?
08:33So something like this, 60 bucks.
08:35Oh, yeah.
08:36Can I do that?
08:36Okay.
08:37The ice cream clock.
08:38This is actually a miracle that this isn't broke.
08:40That's actually reverse painted glass.
08:42It's missing the piece of glass that goes over the top.
08:44I do 200.
08:45Okay.
08:46Let's make it easy.
08:4640 bucks.
08:47All right.
08:48This is a good piece because it's a flange sign and it's ice cream.
08:51But see, completely different colors.
08:53This is white.
08:54It's got some stank on it.
08:55250 on this.
08:57Okay.
08:57And then the bunny bread.
08:59Got some paint on it.
09:00Does have the rabbit, though.
09:02Everybody loves it.
09:0375.
09:0480.
09:0580 bucks.
09:05All right.
09:06And then we got an indoor push.
09:07These advertising pieces are actually the bar that you pushed to get into the store.
09:13Let's go 120.
09:14All right.
09:15Okay.
09:15Thanks, man.
09:16All right.
09:17We're doing it.
09:17Thank you very much.
09:19Oh, yeah.
09:21Oh, yeah.
09:23What?
09:24There he is, dude.
09:25This is definitely 70s Vegas Elvis.
09:28This is crazy cool, man.
09:30My favorite Elvis is the 1968 comeback Elvis.
09:34But there's a lot of people, obviously, that like the 1950s Elvis.
09:37And then the 1970s later Elvis.
09:39You know, a little portly, a little more aged, you know, like a fine wine.
09:43I like how he's got the...
09:44Delay.
09:45Delay.
09:45Yeah.
09:46I mean, think of all the movies he did, man.
09:47That is cool.
09:48The Hawaiian movies.
09:49Yeah.
09:49Ron loved Elvis.
09:51Everything Elvis.
09:51Chase was born on Elvis's birthday.
09:53And that, to him, was just absolutely amazing.
09:57I mean, I think Ron was more excited with the fact that the baby was born on Elvis's birthday
10:01than the fact that he was a boy, I think.
10:04He's bedazzled.
10:05And he's missing the microphone stand.
10:08See this little nub here?
10:09And it's broken off from the microphone.
10:11Uh, 60 bucks.
10:14So.
10:15So.
10:15That was fast.
10:17We've got a lot of nice things.
10:20I appreciate them.
10:21But I just need the space, man.
10:23And that's important for me to have it go somewhere that somebody else appreciates as much as I do.
10:28Look at this.
10:28What are you doing there, buddy?
10:29Look at this, man.
10:30This is super cool.
10:32I mean, he's got the Tennessee tuxedo, all denim.
10:35I got that idea, man.
10:36Ron was really in.
10:37He liked mannequins.
10:39He liked them.
10:39Oh, my gosh.
10:39I love this thing.
10:40That was, those were all Chase's clothes from when he was little, and his boots.
10:43These are your clothes?
10:45Yes.
10:45Oh, my gosh.
10:46Wow.
10:46I thought this was something he actually bought out of a department store with these clothes on.
10:50No, no, no, no.
10:51No way.
10:52These were your cap guns?
10:53Yeah.
10:54This is like little mini you.
10:56You look cool back then, huh?
10:57What happens?
10:58Yeah, I know.
10:59After you have a kid, the first thing you hear from everybody is it goes by so fast.
11:04This was his father's way of freezing time.
11:08Collectors are memory keepers.
11:10Every item we save is a physical thing that connects us to a memory that we love.
11:16And that's exactly what I think his father was doing here, saving that memory of his son.
11:22You've got to keep this, man.
11:23Oh, this is so cool.
11:25No, I don't want to keep that.
11:26I'm not much on mannequin.
11:28He has no arms.
11:30Yeah.
11:30His arms are newspaper.
11:32But dang, it's cool, man.
11:33Yeah, it is cool.
11:34How about 200?
11:36Yeah.
11:37Is there anything that you want on him, though?
11:39Like you want the hat or you want the apples?
11:40No.
11:41No.
11:42Take the apples, please.
11:43It's a whole package.
11:44It's a whole package there.
11:45Package is good.
11:45I love that your dad did that, though.
11:47Yeah.
11:48That's very cool.
11:49What is going on with this thing?
11:50This is a Columbia Model Q.
11:52Yes.
11:52So the Q was the most inexpensive cylinder player on the market, but he whined.
11:58The springs in there like a clock.
11:59There it goes.
12:00Edison invented this, and then Columbia was copying it.
12:03When Edison first invented the talking machine, you couldn't even buy it.
12:06You had to lease it.
12:07They were meant for theaters to bring music to the public.
12:11And these were big cabinets.
12:12There were big motors in it.
12:13They were heavy.
12:14So during the turn of the century, this was the inexpensive entry-level model of a cylinder player.
12:19This was portable.
12:20So you could travel with it.
12:21Imagine you're on a steamship.
12:23You want to bring your music with you.
12:25This is like a portable CD player today.
12:26It's freaking cool.
12:27That's an Edison disc.
12:28Let me see.
12:29Come on, baby.
12:30Talk to me.
12:31I think it's cool because it's like a clockwork mechanism.
12:34Everything's exposed.
12:35You can see how it works.
12:36Probably needs a needle.
12:38Yeah, the needle's bent.
12:39But that's okay.
12:40What I love about it is that it's got the reproducer, and I think that's the original horn.
12:44They do reproduce those horns.
12:46The reproducer is the part that holds the needle and reproduces the sound.
12:50That's the part that always gets worn down, or it gets lost, and that's the present.
12:55So is this something you want to sell?
12:56Yeah, I'll sell it.
12:57You'd sell it?
12:58Yeah.
12:58I'm going to say that the horn's original, the reproducer's original.
13:01This is on a good day, maybe $450, $500.
13:04You know, I'd feel comfortable on this thing for like $225.
13:08That's fine.
13:09I'll stick with that, will you?
13:11$225?
13:11Yeah.
13:12I'm on it for $225.
13:13That's great.
13:14Thank you, man.
13:15They're cool.
13:24What's going on with this stuff here?
13:26Ron loved music.
13:27He would play music, and what he learned, he learned on his own.
13:30He never took lessons.
13:31Self-taught.
13:32Yeah.
13:32This is a con.
13:33Yeah.
13:33This is a con naked lady.
13:35Yes.
13:35This is a good piece.
13:36Yes, it is.
13:37The con naked lady, 1940s.
13:38It's a really sexy saxophone jazz player.
13:41They love the con.
13:42You see the woman in here?
13:43She's bare-breasted.
13:44Oh, okay.
13:45That's a con naked lady.
13:46A long time ago, when I first opened my antique shop back in their 80s, one of these showed
13:50up at my shop, and I was interested because this had beautiful engraving on it.
13:54I mean, the guy sold to me for like $60.
13:56He didn't know what it was.
13:57I didn't know what it was.
13:58And it turns out that these instruments are very desirable because it has a wonderful
14:02tone that jazz players are crazy about.
14:04So they end up selling that thing for more money.
14:12Long dish jockeyed a lot.
14:14He did a lot of dances.
14:15Whenever he DJ'd, he'd do Bob Seger, old time rock and roll.
14:18And then that saxophone part would kick on.
14:20Yeah.
14:20He'd be out there and play it out on his gigs.
14:23So we actually played this?
14:24Yeah.
14:25Yeah.
14:26That says con right there.
14:27Let's see if it fits in there.
14:29Yeah, baby.
14:30Woo.
14:30Do you want to sell this?
14:32Yeah, I'd be interested in selling that.
14:34I've had these before.
14:35In this condition, it's got to be gone through.
14:37All the pads have got to be redone.
14:38That's expensive.
14:39But it's not dented up on the bell or nothing like that.
14:42This is going to retail the way it is with the case for like $900,000.
14:46I mean, retail on this thing in really, really nice shape is probably about $2,500, $2,600
14:51in perfect working order.
14:52But this needs all the work done to it.
14:55I'd go $500 on it.
14:57I counter at seven.
14:59You counter at seven.
15:00Mm-hmm.
15:02Um, yeah.
15:05I'm a little disenchanted at seven, man.
15:07That's our best offer, man.
15:09You know, we're working here.
15:10I'll tell you what I'll do.
15:11$6.50, man.
15:13The con is something special.
15:14It's a highly collectible, expensive saxophone.
15:16And I don't want to leave this one here.
15:18All right.
15:19You should do it?
15:19Yep.
15:20All right.
15:20We got a deal.
15:21This is something that's worth redoing.
15:23You know, some sax player's going to fall in love with this thing.
15:25I really appreciate it.
15:26I'll show you the garage.
15:28That's cool.
15:29Now, we go in here.
15:30It's packed.
15:31Yeah.
15:32So you have to watch your step.
15:33I like packed.
15:33It's really tight in there.
15:35I'm going to go in the house.
15:36And if you need anything, let me know.
15:37All right.
15:38All right.
15:38Appreciate you.
15:39Appreciate you spending time with us.
15:41Wow.
15:42Man, it is packed in here.
15:43We got to fit in here?
15:44There we go, Jerry.
15:44Here's some popcorn.
15:45Woo!
15:46This garage is so packed.
15:47It's like Thanksgiving Day.
15:49And you're stuffed.
15:49And you can't fit any more food.
15:51Damn.
15:51Woo!
15:52Wow.
15:52You got it packed in here, my friend.
15:54Yes.
15:54Wow.
15:55Very much so.
15:56When I first moved in, it was so packed up and stacked up.
15:59You had to walk sideways to get through.
16:02Dad loved jukeboxes, records, Coca-Cola machines.
16:05It was all in the 50s era stuff.
16:08The original plan was to have in the garage here a 50s diner.
16:13Oh, OK.
16:14Oh, I see what you're saying.
16:15This whole wall is, huh?
16:16Yeah.
16:17Why do you think he never did it?
16:18I mean, because he's got this space in the garage.
16:20He just had so much stuff that there's not room for his, uh...
16:23Did he ever sell anything?
16:24No.
16:25These places that we've saved in the Rolodex of our minds, the places that you can't go
16:30back to, you can recreate.
16:32And that's what he was doing in the garage.
16:34He was trying to create a soda fountain that maybe he visited as a kid.
16:38Unfortunately, his passion got the best of him.
16:41He continued to buy to the point where there was just no way he could complete it.
16:47What's up with the car, man?
16:48That thing's sick.
16:49Yeah.
16:50It's beautiful.
16:51Is this something that you and your pops used to ride in a lot?
16:53Yeah.
16:54You gotta get this out, man.
16:56You gotta get this out.
16:57Oh, yeah.
16:58The plan is to drain the oil, drain the gas, change spark plugs, and see what you can get
17:03out of it.
17:04I bet your old man would love the fact that you're gonna keep this and drive it now.
17:07Oh, yeah.
17:08Yeah.
17:08I mean, absolutely.
17:09This is every car collector's dream.
17:11To have a kid to hand it down to.
17:14To have them experience the same thing that you did when you were behind the wheel.
17:19This is so awesome that he wants to keep this.
17:21What's going on with the turntable?
17:23Would you sell this?
17:24Yeah.
17:24This turntable is late 70s, early 80s.
17:27I mean, it was Pioneer's top-of-the-line model in its day.
17:32This is the turntable that I dreamed about when I was a kid when listening to a record was
17:37a process.
17:38You know, you pull it out of the sleeve, put it on the turntable, and then you would
17:44experience, like, really deep tones because your speakers were so huge.
17:48It was really impactful.
17:50I've been messing with them inside because I got a bunch.
17:53Oh, you know how to do it?
17:54Yeah.
17:55Oh, cool.
17:55You recap them and stuff?
17:56You put your capacitors in them?
17:57Uh-huh.
17:57Doctor it up.
17:58Mm-hmm.
17:58Get it working.
17:59Can we plug it in?
18:00Yeah.
18:00Like, Dad, he always showed me the insides and outs, so.
18:03Oh, no kidding, so your dad taught you how to work on all this stuff?
18:06Yeah.
18:06That's cool, man.
18:07Yeah.
18:08That's cool.
18:09All right, let's sit here.
18:10Does that got power to it?
18:11The cord?
18:12Yeah.
18:12It's not working.
18:15I mean, if these work, they're a workhorse, man.
18:17They've made it really well.
18:18Most of the ones we sell in our store in Nashville, we just pay a guy to go through them
18:22because
18:23then we can sell it and say, hey, it's gone through.
18:25It's been gone through.
18:26Right.
18:27Got a nice antique cabinet.
18:28I mean, I don't know what's wrong with it.
18:30I'd do 200 bucks.
18:31Yeah.
18:32I'm paying a guy to fix it.
18:33Yeah, man.
18:34All right.
18:34I appreciate it.
18:35Awesome.
18:36The number is reflective of not knowing what's wrong with this thing.
18:39That's why we pay somebody like 150 bucks an hour to go through it.
18:43Hey, what about the cigarette machine?
18:45Yeah.
18:45That's a cool piece.
18:46That came out of my grandma's beauty shop.
18:49Really?
18:50I mean, it's got everything going for it.
18:51It's got a deco look to it.
18:53It's still got the glass plate.
18:54It says cigarettes.
18:55It's got the mirror intact.
18:57Cigarette machine, super cool, original paint.
18:59It's from the right era.
19:00It's got the look.
19:01I'd pay four and a quarter.
19:04That's going five.
19:06Yeah.
19:07All right.
19:07Let's do it, man.
19:08I love it.
19:08Yeah, it's cool.
19:08I think it's great.
19:09Absolutely love it.
19:10Thanks, bud.
19:10I love the colors of it.
19:13Wow, look at this.
19:14Dang, he's got some stuff.
19:16First thing you've got to do in a space like this is get to the back wall.
19:19That's where the oldest things are.
19:21Think about it.
19:22When he first started putting stuff in the garage, he placed it against the wall, and
19:25then it came out further and further.
19:27So the more you lose yourself into a place like this, the more you crawl over stuff.
19:32That's what this is all about, man.
19:34Hey, what are you going to do with the jukeboxes?
19:36I'd like to just hold on to them and get them going again.
19:40So he's got architectural salvage in here.
19:42He's got sound boards.
19:44What's that?
19:45What's that?
19:45What do these signs say?
19:47Midwest Golden Royal Ice Cream.
19:49Too bad it's faded.
19:50See that little bull nose?
19:52That round end?
19:53Uh-huh.
19:53That's what that had on it.
19:54Had a round end on it.
19:56That's missing one end on it.
19:57Would you sell this one?
19:58This is pretty rough as far as fading, but I'd still pay two and a quarter.
20:03I'm good with that.
20:04Thanks.
20:05What's that one you got in your hands?
20:06Stay tuned.
20:07Oh, that's cool.
20:08I'll see any information.
20:09It's got the radio tower.
20:10How about 175?
20:12All right.
20:12All right.
20:12175.
20:13We're doing that.
20:14I'm attached to all of it, but the end goal is to have a nice big room in the garage
20:19and
20:20keep some of the antiques.
20:21I'd like to have a man cave out here.
20:23You'll get it.
20:24You're making big moves.
20:25Yeah.
20:26I'm proud of you.
20:27I'm sure he is too.
20:28I truly believe that he's guiding you.
20:30Oh, yeah.
20:31I mean, I have no doubt in my mind.
20:33Yeah.
20:33He's around.
20:34Yeah.
20:34That's for sure.
20:35Yeah.
20:36I love it.
20:37Yeah.
20:37Thanks for letting us look through this stuff.
20:39Yeah, man.
20:39You're welcome.
20:39Oh, my gosh.
20:40It's so refreshing to come across a young guy that's passionate about this stuff.
20:45He wants to honor his father by keeping a lot of it, and that's so cool.
20:51I got something up here.
20:52Chase.
20:53Oh, this Masco piece.
20:54It's early radio station stuff.
20:56This is for like a commercial station.
20:57You know, this is from the 40s.
20:58This is one of the earliest pieces of DJ equipment I've ever seen.
21:02It's a tube amp, too.
21:04You know, it's got all the tubes and a transformer in there.
21:06It's all self-contained.
21:08You know, it's like a little country station.
21:09You can put this on the back of the car and plug it in anywhere at a grocery store,
21:12and piggly wiggly, and go to town.
21:14And that's what's cool about it for me.
21:15This is not your average run-of-the-mill turntable.
21:18This is just a piece of broadcasting equipment.
21:20With this piece of equipment, I mean, you could like play Johnny Cash's record,
21:23and with the microphone inputs, you could actually interview Johnny Cash.
21:27So it's like an all-purpose machine, and it's small.
21:30It's portable.
21:31It's in pretty tough shape mechanically.
21:33I mean, it doesn't have the speakers.
21:34It doesn't have the power supply cord.
21:36All that's got to be sourced, and then the whole tube stuff's got to be sourced.
21:39You know, got to go all through it and fix it up.
21:40But I just like the look of it.
21:42$150.
21:43All right.
21:44You do it?
21:45Yeah.
21:46You got a deal, dude.
21:47All right.
21:48Woo!
21:48Now I'm in the radio business.
21:50What's this here?
21:51Oh, yeah.
21:53WKYX, where was that at?
21:55I believe that's here.
21:56That's in Paducah?
21:57Yeah.
21:58Those are cool.
21:59You got two of these.
22:00Would you sell these jackets?
22:01Yes, we would.
22:02$50 each.
22:03Yeah.
22:04We're doing it?
22:04High five.
22:05All right, boom.
22:06High five.
22:13All right, let's see if this thing fires up now.
22:15Are you going to get on it?
22:18Well, I was going to.
22:19The coin-op horse has been marinating for a while now.
22:22Hopefully, that lubrication soaked down deep and broke something loose.
22:27You going to put some pressure on it?
22:28I was going to try to put some pressure on it.
22:29All right, fire it up.
22:37Wow.
22:39I bet, you know what?
22:39I bet the belt's off of it.
22:41Yeah.
22:41Because if the belt's off, this wouldn't travel at all, right?
22:43Yeah.
22:44But think about how old the belt is on this thing.
22:46It might be the original belt.
22:47Yeah.
22:48So what did we say then?
22:49We're at $500.
22:50Yeah.
22:51Here's the deal.
22:52It's like, for me, if I'm going to pay, you know, some dude $150 an hour, and I'm hoping
22:56it's the belt, that's what I'm hoping it is, because that's a simple fix.
23:00But I don't know.
23:01That's the dark hole.
23:02Yeah.
23:03Yeah, I'll do five.
23:05You want to do the five?
23:06Yeah.
23:06Just in case, you know, we're just kind of rolling the dice.
23:09We don't know what's the deal with it.
23:12I mean, yeah, I hope you get it.
23:13No, you know, here's the deal.
23:14We'll do something with it.
23:16I appreciate it.
23:17Chase's dad was a creative guy, not just at work, but through his collecting.
23:22And you can see how that set his son on a very similar path.
23:26One of the things I love about my job is putting things back into the hobby that people work
23:32so hard to gather their whole lives.
23:35All of these things are going to be respected and loved again by so many different collectors.
23:42Elvis is coming with me.
23:43Elvis is coming with you?
23:44Yeah, I'm going right in front of you.
23:45All right.
23:45It's so awesome to see Chase and Roxanna are the curators of this collection.
23:49This is not just a bunch of junk.
23:50They know Ron's stuff has value.
23:52I mean, they understand what it is, and they're passing it on.
23:56Nice to meet you.
23:57Hey, yeah, I'm glad you're making this place your own, buddy.
23:59It's just been a really, really good day.
24:01I felt good about the excitement the guys showed and the different things they were interested in.
24:07I had a good day.
24:08All right, see you guys.
24:10We're off to Graceland.
24:11Yeah!
24:12Okay.
24:26Hey, hello.
24:28Dick, how you doing, man?
24:29Hey, how you doing, John?
24:30Hey, what's up?
24:32Hey, what's going on, man?
24:33Life is good.
24:34Listen, I want to stop by.
24:35We're in your neighborhood.
24:36I need one of those 1909 Indian hubs.
24:38I got a 1909 I'm putting together.
24:40I need that hub.
24:41Okay, well, I happen to be here.
24:42I'm here, man.
24:43God, you better stop in and see me.
24:45Dick Chappie is a legend.
24:47He's a master restorer of cars and motorcycles.
24:50He runs Dick Chappie's auto sales at a Rhode Island.
24:53I have a 1909 Indian motorcycle and it's missing the rear hub.
24:56I mean, they're extremely hard to find.
24:58Dick's got that part.
25:00You got anything else for sale?
25:02Well, I got the hub.
25:06All right.
25:06We're coming to get the hub.
25:08Looking forward to it, man.
25:09All right, man.
25:10All right, guys.
25:12Take care.
25:12Dude, he never sells anything.
25:14Are you selling some stuff, man?
25:15Maybe I'll try to buy something.
25:17I've been dealing with Dick Chappie for the last 20 years.
25:20He's always been one of those guys that somehow pulls the rarest stuff out of the cracks and
25:25crevices of New England.
25:27He's always been an incredible buyer, but not so much of a seller.
25:32If we have something super rare that we want to sell, he's our go-to guy.
25:37I guess we don't need a flyer.
25:38I know.
25:39Give him one anyway.
25:40I'll get the flyer.
25:41Yeah.
25:42Oh, my gosh.
25:43I haven't been here in so long.
25:44Yeah.
25:45This place is great.
25:46Hey.
25:47Hey.
25:47Louis.
25:48Louis.
25:49How you doing, my brother?
25:50How are you?
25:51My friend?
25:52Yeah.
25:52It's been a moment.
25:53Where's the boss man?
25:54Right in the office.
25:55Good to see you.
25:56You know Jersey.
25:57Oh, yeah.
25:57You know this old cuss.
25:59Oh, yeah.
25:59How are you doing, my friend?
26:00Good to see you again.
26:01Good to see you.
26:01Come on.
26:02Well, this looks all familiar.
26:03This is the Project Alley, basically.
26:05All the projects of Oz, pots that are going out.
26:08That's a Duesenberg.
26:09Wow.
26:09The body's out being re-wooded.
26:11Wow.
26:12If you collect old cars and motorcycles, chances are you've got an old boneyard full of stuff
26:17or what he's calling Project Alley.
26:19But come on.
26:20Let's face it.
26:21How many guys have a Duesenberg in their Project Alley?
26:24This is a project that we're selling.
26:26Two cars, two motors.
26:28That's a 35.
26:29We're putting windows in that one.
26:31Did you hear that, Jersey?
26:31He said they're selling.
26:32I like to hear that.
26:34Hey, Dick Shappie.
26:35Dick.
26:36What's going on?
26:37I heard you're selling a car out there.
26:39Ah, a couple.
26:40Yeah, you've been known to do that, haven't you?
26:41We got a couple available.
26:42Oh, yeah.
26:43Look at this.
26:43The place never changes.
26:45How are you, my friend?
26:46Come on, man.
26:46Good to see you again.
26:47God bless you.
26:48How are you, man?
26:49Good to see you.
26:49God bless, man.
26:50Hey, buddy.
26:52Good to see you, my friend.
26:53Hey, what's going on?
26:53Good to see you.
26:54Good to see you.
26:54A lot of people out there know me.
26:56I'm Dick Shappie.
26:57I love cars, vintage automobiles.
27:00It's a lifestyle.
27:01That's all I want to do is restore vintage vehicles.
27:03I want to show you guys around.
27:04I love it.
27:05I'm going to show you some of the cars in my showroom.
27:07Some of them I just finished.
27:08Dang.
27:09Man.
27:10Oh, yeah.
27:19I want to show you guys around.
27:20We love it.
27:21I'm going to show you some of the cars in my showroom.
27:22Some of them I just finished.
27:24Let me show you this.
27:25Dang.
27:26Man.
27:27Oh, yeah.
27:28Oh, yeah.
27:28Woo.
27:29There's a couple in here.
27:30Yeah, I love this place.
27:31I've only been in this room one other time, and I've dreamt about it ever since, because
27:36every car in here is a dream car.
27:40Each one of them would be the crown jewel in anyone's collection, but Dick has a room full
27:46of them.
27:47This place is insane.
27:49Like a sea of gold.
27:50Oh, my gosh.
27:52I find these old relics that are in junkyards, and we turn them into classic pieces of art,
27:57and I've surrounded myself with real great guys, and what we get done is incredible.
28:02It's a disease, but it's a great disease.
28:05Wow.
28:06When you enter one of Dick Chappie's buildings, you immediately feel a level of style and elegance.
28:12I mean, he's done really well for himself, and he likes the good stuff in life.
28:17Look at the Stutz right here.
28:18Yeah, baby.
28:19Boat tail, man.
28:20Woo.
28:20This is a 1921 Stutz Blackhawk.
28:23Oh, my God.
28:24You working on this, or you finished it?
28:25The only thing I have to do with this, it runs great, and everything, is the upholstery.
28:28Where'd you get this at?
28:29You know Bobby Green in California, right?
28:31Yeah, of course.
28:32Nice.
28:34Little brothers.
28:35Ta-da.
28:36Holy cow.
28:37Check this out.
28:38Wow.
28:39He bought one of my Duesenberg race cars, and I took this on trade.
28:42No way.
28:44Beautiful.
28:44That's the Stutz Rah.
28:45This is the wood lights.
28:46They're still War of the World.
28:48Man.
28:48It's crazy looking.
28:49Oh, they're the best.
28:49Very sexy light.
28:51I do vintage cars, brass era cars.
28:53The quality of vintage cars is incredible.
28:56It's the materials they use to make these things.
28:58The hot console that's put into these things was over the top.
29:02The bottom of a hand-built.
29:03I love the history.
29:04The evolution of the engineering, that's a big part of it.
29:07What's the value of something like this?
29:09This is like a $300,000 car.
29:11Oh, I bet.
29:12Yeah.
29:12Absolutely.
29:13Actually, more.
29:13It's a Blackhawk.
29:14It's a real sexy model.
29:16Very stylish.
29:16You guys do great work.
29:18Yeah.
29:18Here's a car I started a few years ago.
29:20Oh, this is a Crane Simplex 1918.
29:23That is great.
29:24This is my Revere Duesenberg.
29:25This is our 1930 V16 Cadillac Model 4235 Convertible Coupe.
29:31What's a car like this worth?
29:32I've got $850,000 on this car.
29:34Really?
29:34It's a matching number car.
29:36Walking through here for me is like walking through the highest-end art gallery.
29:41All of these cars are works of art, and I love how Dick approaches the restorations that
29:47way.
29:48I mean, when you appreciate the history of it and the amount of detail that goes into
29:52the restoration, even the smallest thing could mean so much.
29:56Dude, this is sick.
29:58Glenn Curtis, man.
30:00It's part of New York.
30:00Talk about sick.
30:01Oh, my God.
30:02Let's hear a story on this thing here.
30:03What's up?
30:04These engines were in the World War I biplanes.
30:0735 at J.A.
30:08Oh, my gosh.
30:08So this is like a tribute car.
30:10Yes.
30:11That's an OX5 motor?
30:13OXX6.
30:13This is great.
30:14Curtis is a big name in aviation, and during World War I, Curtis made Curtis Jennings.
30:19It was a World War I airplane.
30:21This is a fantasy car Dick Chappie's put together.
30:24He's taken one of the motors out of a Curtis Jenny, and he built a car around the thing.
30:29Brilliant.
30:30Very sexy.
30:30Glenn Curtis.
30:31He's got the fat man steering wheel.
30:32Oh, yeah.
30:32It's with the steering wheel.
30:33Check it out.
30:34Now, that's a fat man wheel.
30:35Wow.
30:35If you're a fat man, you push that down, you slip in, and you pull it back.
30:39Get in there, Jersey.
30:40There you go.
30:41Then you're up in it.
30:42Listen, what about that hub?
30:44What about it?
30:45I want to go see it.
30:46Where's it at?
30:46It's at my home.
30:47Oh, it's not here?
30:48It's at the other location.
30:49I'd love to see that.
30:50Let's do it.
30:50Absolutely love to see it.
30:51Let's do it.
30:51I'm sure it is.
30:52Yeah.
30:52Let's go.
30:53What are we driving, Dick?
30:54Yeah.
30:55Let's take a Duesenberg.
30:56Certainly not doing an Uber.
30:57Which Duesenberg are we driving?
30:58Let's take a Duesenberg.
31:00All collectors keep the good stuff closest to home.
31:03I've never been to Shappie's house.
31:05I can't imagine the quality of what is going to be there.
31:17Dude, wait to see his motorcycle route, man.
31:19It's friggin' insane.
31:20He's got Merkles in there.
31:20He's got Indians.
31:21Dick Shappie's got all kinds of great bikes.
31:23It's good to be Dick Shappie.
31:25Oh, yeah.
31:27Hey.
31:27I love this place, man.
31:29So what are you looking out over there?
31:31What town is that?
31:31That's Narragansett Bay.
31:33Across is Portsmouth and Middletown.
31:35And if you look to the right, you're looking at Newport.
31:37How long have you been in this place?
31:38I've been here 32 years.
31:40They're taking me out of here in a box.
31:41I'm never leaving.
31:42I'm never leaving.
31:43I'm never leaving this place.
31:45It's my shop.
31:46This is your shop.
31:47So you're looking out at this while you're working on your bikes.
31:51Yeah, man.
31:52Love this place.
31:53Easy, Jeremy.
31:55Yeah, right?
31:56Wow.
31:57See what I'm saying?
31:57Dick, man.
31:58Oh, yeah.
31:59I told you, bro.
32:00I wish I had gotten into motorcycles earlier.
32:02I got into them 12 years ago.
32:04After I bought one, I caught the disease.
32:06Yeah.
32:06And I turned into, you know, like you guys.
32:09Oh, my God.
32:09This is nuts.
32:11Shabby's dealt in high-end cars for a number of years.
32:13So when he jumped into antique motorcycles, he jumped in big.
32:17The guy was buying Merkels and early Yales.
32:20You know, the early original paint, pre-1910 Indians are in here.
32:25I mean, this is a space that I've always imagined being in because I've only known him from the swap
32:31meet world.
32:31And it's the mausoleum that Jersey and I were talking about.
32:35Once it goes in here, man, it don't come out.
32:38This is the best of his best.
32:40So let's go show Mike some parts.
32:41I mean, he's got to see this place.
32:43It's insane.
32:43Oh, let's do it.
32:43Okay.
32:45Oh, yeah, baby.
32:46See, I told you, Mike.
32:48See how crazy this is?
32:50Yeah.
32:50This guy's insane.
32:52Look at all these motors, man.
32:53Look at this flying Merkle, dude.
32:55John and I were just talking about one of these yesterday.
32:58Yeah, we were.
32:59Is that original paint?
32:59Is that what you just got?
33:00I just got this.
33:01It's original paint.
33:02Yeah, 1915.
33:03This is original paint.
33:04Most of it, yep.
33:05And they used to call me the Merkle man.
33:07I know, I know.
33:08That's why when I saw it, I said, ah, wow.
33:10Joe Merkle started creating motorcycles in the early 1900s.
33:14And by 1908, he actually formed the Merkle Company.
33:18From the very beginning, Merkle was a respected brand in the motorcycle racing world.
33:23They had racers like Maldwin Jones and Harry Nixon that pushed these machines to the limit in endurance runs and
33:31races.
33:32Flying Merkle's have always been one of the most coveted motorcycles by collectors.
33:37From their legendary history in American motorcycle racing to the innovations they brought to the industry.
33:44Flying Merkle was one of those smaller companies that went toe-to-toe on the track with the big dogs.
33:49I'm talking about Excelsior, Harley, and Indian.
33:53Indian was the largest manufacturer of motorcycles in the world.
33:57And Flying Merkle was one of those smaller brands that went toe-to-toe with them at the racetrack.
34:03And a lot of times, came out on top.
34:06This is a 1918, last year of the Pope.
34:08This is beautiful, man.
34:10This one I bought off you.
34:11And when I sold it to you, it didn't have a front fender.
34:14No.
34:14So where'd you find this at?
34:16We had it in stock.
34:17I mean, it's amazing.
34:18This is a perfect example of what I'm talking about with Dick Schappie.
34:21I mean, who has a Pope front fender in stock?
34:25That's why I love this guy, because he's got the parts on the shelf.
34:28This is a real strap tank engine.
34:31Oh, wow.
34:31Look at real carburetors, too.
34:33Get out of here.
34:34That's a real carburetor.
34:351907 Harley carburetor.
34:36No way.
34:37Dude, that's a $20,000 carburetor.
34:3820, I think more than that.
34:40Yeah.
34:40The stuff that's on these shelves is the epitome of rusty gold.
34:44I mean, the smallest thing can be the most expensive, like this Harley-Davidson carburetor.
34:48You know, Harley only made carburetors for a few years, and so these early soup can carburetors
34:53Harley made are something that I've only seen in a museum.
34:56I've never even touched one.
34:57So this is a 7 or an 8?
34:59This is an 8.
35:00This one's a 7.
35:01That's that engine that I picked up from you recently.
35:04It's amazing, dude.
35:05It's so nice.
35:06Look at the throttle on this.
35:07I love this.
35:08This is before they used cables.
35:10They were always looking at different types of linkage to control the throttle.
35:13Look at this.
35:14This is brilliant that Harley came up with this in 7.
35:17It's so cool.
35:18People walking through these projects and seeing parts and pieces that have sold him
35:23over the years that are now up on wheels becoming motorcycles.
35:27So Jersey, here's all the parts, man.
35:29There's Indian, a lot of Indian parts over there, mostly Indian parts.
35:32Yeah, let me go look at it.
35:32Get out of here, Mike.
35:33Yeah, what are you doing?
35:34What are you doing?
35:34What are you doing?
35:35What are you doing?
35:36You got all pieces of gold up here.
35:37There's all the front hubs.
35:38Well, the beauty of it is even my guys say when we're looking for a pot, I go in a
35:42shelf
35:43and there it is.
35:43That's why I buy things I don't need.
35:45Yeah, Dick.
35:46This is what I was talking about.
35:48This is a shell.
35:49There it is.
35:50I need the hub shell.
35:51It's an early Indian.
35:52What do you want to give me for it?
35:54It's an older shell.
35:55The guts for the hub, you got to make them.
35:57They're always worn out.
35:58Give me three and a half.
35:59It's yours and you know it's worth every bit.
36:00Three and a half?
36:01Yeah.
36:01If I saw it, I'd have to pay double that.
36:04Done.
36:05Thank you, sir.
36:06You mean a lot to me and you've been very helpful and you'll be helpful in the future.
36:10Jersey.
36:10I knew him as a kid.
36:11So I'm at this auction and I was buying everything.
36:13Well, they came up to me and they said, hey, Shabby, there's this young guy over here that's
36:18just starting off.
36:19He's really into motorcycles and he really wants this Orient buckboard.
36:22Don't bid on it and let the kid buy it.
36:24I looked over and he's looking at me like, you know, I think he was 16 and I let the
36:29kid
36:30buy it.
36:30And he never forgot that.
36:31And I never forgot it either.
36:33And we've become very good friends.
36:35Dude, thank you so much, man.
36:36I certainly appreciate you.
36:37I'll tell you what.
36:38He's one of the only guys I know that could make the guts for that and put that to use.
36:41He'll do it.
36:42Especially Indians.
36:43That's why I appreciate our relationship, man.
36:45You know, that's why I love helping you out too.
36:46If you need a motor, I go find it for you.
36:48You'll find me that 13 Indians.
36:50I'm going to show you.
36:51It's almost done.
36:51Dick Shabby's like a mentor to me, but more importantly, he's my friend.
36:55We wouldn't be who we are without each other.
36:57The community that we have built together, you know, we support each other.
37:01And that's one part of the hobby that's so special for us.
37:12Show me this 13 Indians.
37:13Yeah, let's do it.
37:14I want to see this thing.
37:14How many months ago did you sell that to me?
37:16Six months ago.
37:17Six months.
37:17This is six months ago.
37:19This is it?
37:20Six months ago.
37:21Oh, man.
37:22That's what we did.
37:23Ah.
37:24There it is.
37:24You blew me away.
37:25You guys are so good.
37:27Man, when I sold you this motor, this thing was like all rusted.
37:30It was a mess.
37:30Yeah.
37:31You did such a beautiful job.
37:32I mean, we've nickeled everything.
37:33I mean, you got the intake manifold correct.
37:35I got to find a seat, the correct seat.
37:37You got one?
37:37Um, I think Mike does.
37:40So you need a seat?
37:41Yeah.
37:42Yeah, I was telling you.
37:43Oh, that seat.
37:43You got one of those seats?
37:45I've got two of them.
37:46I need one.
37:47I'd help you out with that.
37:47Great.
37:48See?
37:48You know, because the thing is, I can't tell you how many guys over the years have been in
37:52my place, and they want to buy that seat.
37:54But if they don't have anything for it, I'm not going to sell it to them.
37:56You know what I mean?
37:56So this is it.
37:58The antique motorcycle world is a very tight-knit community, and we're all willing to help each
38:04other.
38:04Being at the meets and meeting all these guys from a young age, it's like if there were
38:08900 vendors at a meet, I had 900 mentors willing to share their time with me and really
38:14helped me craft my eye to what I love today.
38:17So here's the biggie.
38:19The elephant in the room to me is the Merkle.
38:22It's unbelievable.
38:23I know the history of this bike, and I've watched it change hands.
38:27This bike was owned by Dave Leitner.
38:29When Dave had the bike, he meticulously looked for all original paint parts.
38:33He built the bike correctly.
38:35He's one of the guys that's most respected in the hobby.
38:38And then it was owned by John Parham.
38:40John owned the National Motorcycle Museum.
38:43He was a big mentor.
38:44He was a friend.
38:45And when the National Motorcycle Museum closed, Dick bought the bike.
38:50And the fact that John Parham owned this bike means a lot to me.
38:54Beautiful motorcycle.
38:56What are you doing here?
38:56You're getting it running?
38:57Is that what you're doing?
38:58Yeah, it should run.
38:59Okay, let me ask you this.
39:01How much to me?
39:05If I were to sell this to somebody else, I got a big number on it.
39:08In fact, I think it's already on my website for $100 and a quarter.
39:10To you, I'm not going to do that.
39:14I got to get $100,000.
39:17My bottom $100,000.
39:18I was going to say $110,000.
39:19Here's a beautiful piece of history.
39:21Go find another one.
39:22There isn't another one out there as beautiful as that.
39:25There might be one or two in the world.
39:27Fly and Merkle's, there's something about them.
39:28It's not just the orange paint.
39:29Everything is just so unique about them.
39:30The full suspension.
39:32Positively.
39:32Man, the motors.
39:34Dick, how much of this is original paint?
39:36Because I'm looking at these pinstripes here on the top tube and on the down tube.
39:40Obviously, it doesn't match the fender.
39:42So this is original pinstriping.
39:44Some of it has been repainted.
39:46But a lot of it's original.
39:47A lot of it is original.
39:48I would say probably 75% of this paint is original.
39:52That's strong for a 1915.
39:53That's a real, that's a strong number for original paint.
39:55When you look at this bike really close, you can see that some of it has been patinaed.
40:00Like the whole rear fender has been painted on this bike, but they did such a great job
40:04of knocking it down and making it match the rest of the bike.
40:08This is reproduction.
40:09Yes.
40:10You think so?
40:10Yeah, it's absolutely way too perfect.
40:12Yeah.
40:12Because it always got scraped up from the pedal going.
40:15Way, way too perfect.
40:15And I think that crank arm, this reproduction, you can see versus this crank arm.
40:21I mean, there are some things that are really nice on this bike.
40:23It's things that have been touched up through the years, but it's the sweet bike.
40:26These bikes are extremely hard to find, especially when they're together, one piece.
40:32So now you've got Dave Leitner owning this bike, John Parham owning this bike, Dick Shappie
40:37owning this bike.
40:38I want to be the next guy that owns this bike.
40:42To you, I'll sell it to you for $100,000, you throw in the Indian seat.
40:47And we'll have a deal.
40:52All right, man.
40:53I think you got something going on here, Dick.
40:55I'm doing it.
40:55I'm doing it, Dick.
40:57I'm doing it.
40:58Hey.
40:59I've always wanted one.
41:01I've always wanted one.
41:01Well, you've got one.
41:02You've got a good one.
41:02I've always wanted one.
41:03Congratulations, brother.
41:04I told you.
41:05You know, he sells stuff.
41:06The time to buy this is when you see it, when you have the opportunity.
41:10I mean, I'll figure out the money later.
41:12I'll probably have to sell eight bikes to buy one bike.
41:15She always knows.
41:16She's a beauty.
41:17All of the collecting for all of these years has added up to this moment.
41:22This is my bike now.
41:24This is something I'll have the rest of my life.
41:27Here we go, buddy.
41:28Get this sucker in there, man.
41:28You got to get some speed up.
41:29The last thing that I ever thought I was going to buy from Dick Shappie today was a flying
41:35Merkle motorcycle, but the opportunity was there.
41:39It was the right time, right place, and it's the right bike for me.
41:43All right, buddy.
41:45I'll tell you what.
41:46I'm going to send you a video of me riding that thing.
41:49God bless.
41:50I want to see that.
41:51It is a brotherhood.
41:52These are my friends, and not only do we find these parts and we store these things,
41:56but at night we hang out, we drink beer, and talk about life.
41:59Friendship means more to me, really, than anything.
42:02I live for this.
42:03See you down the road, buddy.
42:05Take care.
42:05God bless, guys.
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